Thu Jul 22, 2021, 03:03 PM
Dial H For Hero (2,971 posts)
Stage musicals: What are the most obscure ones that you really enjoy?
I'll start off with some of mine:
Bat Boy the Musical (based on a June 23, 1992 Weekly World News story about a half-boy, half-bat, dubbed "Bat Boy", who grew up living in a cave.) Blondel the Rock Opera (The title character is a musician trying to score big with Richard the Lionheart, who goes off on one of the Crusades. He struggles to follow him, as does an assassin and a group of monks who sing all of their dialogue in the form of Gregorian chants. Hilarity ensues.) Eating Raoul the Musical (A couple of "squares", in the late 1960s, want to raise money to open a restaurant. They decide to kill swingers for profit by hitting them on the head with a frying pan. They become involved with a partner, Raoul, their swarthy, sexy janitor, who helps them to dispose of the bodies. However, they soon feel trapped by Raoul and dispatch him too; he becomes the main course. Based upon the film.)
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Dial H For Hero | Jul 2021 | OP |
Tomconroy | Jul 2021 | #1 | |
tirebiter | Jul 2021 | #2 | |
raging moderate | Jul 2021 | #3 | |
genxlib | Jul 2021 | #4 | |
Tomconroy | Jul 2021 | #5 | |
TuxedoKat | Jul 2021 | #6 | |
quaint | Jul 2021 | #7 | |
Stuart G | Jul 2021 | #8 | |
ironflange | Jul 2021 | #9 | |
jmowreader | Jul 2021 | #10 | |
First Speaker | Jul 2021 | #11 |
Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 03:11 PM
Tomconroy (7,107 posts)
1. I saw Annie2 off Broadway. The sequel to Annie.
It didn't have a big hit song, but I thought it was very good, almost on a par with the original.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 03:22 PM
tirebiter (2,477 posts)
2. "TOM JONES"
http://castalbums.org/recordings/Tom-Jones-1960-New-Haven-Cast/2742/
-Peter Bergman co-wrote the lyrics and Phil Proctor played "Tom Jones" in this original musical, with a book by Austin Pendleton. A soundtrack album was released on Carillion MX-L80P-5436/7. |
Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 03:34 PM
raging moderate (4,122 posts)
3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
This poor girl is tricked into joining a household of seven yahoo males but winds up ruling the roost, giving them the upbringing they should have had, with lessons in manners and cleanliness.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 03:42 PM
genxlib (5,445 posts)
4. A few years ago
We saw "In Transit" on Broadway.
It is all a capella and my family really loved it. I bought the soundtrack and listen to it often. |
Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 04:43 PM
Tomconroy (7,107 posts)
5. I also saw Jerry's Girls, a review of Jerry Herman's music.
It was supposed to go to Broadway but never did. It starred Carol Channing, Andrea Mcardle and Leslie Uggams. Great cd which I own.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:01 AM
TuxedoKat (3,817 posts)
6. Looking for the name of a musical
It had a rousing crowd number singing about the state of Wisconsin. Could date from the ‘30s to the ‘50’s.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:52 AM
quaint (2,051 posts)
7. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Had fun at the Ivar in Hollywood sometime in '69.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 01:00 PM
Stuart G (37,385 posts)
8. Pagama Game.
Saint James Theater, Aug 14, 1954...about union organizing to improve the salary that workers get ...
the actual amount the union wanted was 7 1/2 cents an hour more..! One of the songs: Seven and a Half Cents...has stuck in my min for over 60 years. I was part of the chorus in a version played at a Youth Center that I went to. They had plays and more plays. |
Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 01:03 PM
ironflange (7,730 posts)
9. The Witches of Eastwick
We saw this lavish London production in the summer of 2020. Great show, starred Ian McShane and Lucis Arnaz.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 08:34 PM
jmowreader (49,912 posts)
10. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I haven't seen Kinky Boots, but that looks like it'll be good too.
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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 11:39 PM
First Speaker (4,811 posts)
11. Mack and Mabel...
...I saw the original on Broadway eons ago, with Robert Preston, one of the greatest actors I've ever seen. It was basically a flop then, but it's hung on to become a permanent part of the American musical repertoire...
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